This lovely Tuesday evening, I learn 2 beautiful words: 'Muni' and 'Muninda-abhipavara' and the meanings from my dear kalayanamita..Dr.Han Tun....I love the words and I love to write poems for these words:

Muni means a holy manThere are six kinds of munis:Agaara muni.. a noble householderAnagaara muni means a noble bhikkhuSekha muni....ariyan puggala in trainingAsekha muni...Arahant with the noble truth Pacceka muni...Paccekabuddha....a great-beingMuni of all munis..Buddha, the greatest of all beings!

Keep up the good god workOh Buddha, you are 0, nothing, void, empty of formA thousand sky dancers, skywalkers, Jedi, The Force of Kwan Yinhave left your left side, like the dream of an elephant, birthed by Tathagatato the right is your other dream, dream of a life of Buddha poetry, dharma and enlightenmentWhen you awake, you write (right?) of poetic dreams . . .who will offer you pop corn, seeds that open . . . micro wave Onward and upward, sideways and inward.

Sabhiya was a Paribbaajaka(wanderer) who came to pay homage to the Buddha...Then he asked questions about.. 'What should a man (necessarily) have obtained that people may call him a Braamana?',--'and how (may they call him) a Samana? and how a Nahaataka? how can he be called a Naaga? Asked (about this) do thou Bhagavat explain it to me.'[Translated from the Paa.li by V. Fausboll in 1881.]

And after the Buddha answered his questions/preached him (Sabhiya Sutta)...Sabhiya joined The Buddha's Order, years later he attained Arahatship.

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Sabhiya sutta

A BraamanaHe who removes all sins,is immaculate, well composed,firm-minded...crossing the Samsaraa,such an independent one is called a Braamana.

A SamanaHe who is calm,having left behind good and evil,free from all kilesa-tanha, defilement,having understood this and the other world. A Samana is the one who conquered birth and death.

A NahaatakaHe who washs away,all sins internally/externally,does not enter time (kappa) amongst gods, and men who are subject to time, him they call a Nahaataka (cleansed).

A Naaga He who does not commit any crime in the world, who, after abandoning all bonds and fetters, clings to nothing, being liberated.. from all sin such a one is called a Naaga (sinless) by being so.

'What should one (necessarily) have obtained that people may call him Vedaguu?'--so said Sabhiya,--'and how (may they call him) Anuvidita? and how Viriyavat? How does one become Aajaaniya? Asked (about this) do thou, O Bhagavat(the Buddha), explain it to me.'

I love these 4 Pali words..so I wrote poems:

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The Buddha's Answers:

A Vedaguuis an ariya person,who conquer all sensations,free from passion for all sensations,he is Vedaguu after conquering all feelings.

An AnuviditaHe who, having seen the delusion of name and forminternally and externally, the root of sickness,and he's delivered from the radical bond of all sickness.Such a one is called Anuvidita (well-informed) by being so.

A ViriyavatHe who is disgustedin this world with all sins, is strong after conquering the pain of hell, such a one is called Viriyavat or Dhiira (firm).

An AajaaniyaHe whose bonds are cut off internally and externally, the root of ties, who is delivered from the radical bond of all ties, such a one is called Aajaaniya (high-bred)...so refined!

Truly knowing a blemishAs sensual-desire hindranceYou must know when it is presentYou have to know when it is absentKnow the arising-cause of.... a blemishKnow the abandonment of an arisen blemishknow the non-arising in the future of the blemish.

When a man with an internal blemishDoes not know that he has... defilementThen he'll not find the way to abandon 'blemish'He'll die with passion,aversion,delusion..defilement!

A putujjana when touched by painful feelingHe worries and grieves and weepsHe experienes sad bodily and mental feelingsThe thorn of sadness pierces him so deep

A putujjana when touched by sensual happinessHe enjoys and wishs it never endsHe experiences happy bodily and mental feelingThe thorn of happiness pierces him now and then

A putujjana doesn't know the arising and the endingNever knows the danger and escape of sad or happy feelingHe is fettered by birth, by old age, by deathHe is fettered by sorrow, by despair, by suffering

I read so many suttas, dhamma stories, Buddha's sayingsI know the danger of sensual pleasures feelingI know the happy-love-thorn pierces me so deepIt might not leave me..even I die trying

The yard gate. The yard gate closed for the very last time No more work here fellas, it's knock off time Hold your head up boys, don't let 'em know you're hurt You won't be paid extra, ' cause you look like a draught horse in the rain Down to the welfare, got a wife & kids to feed How ya goin col? Good mate, yeah me too I wonder which one of us is the best liar.

shaunc wrote:The yard gate. The yard gate closed for the very last time No more work here fellas, it's knock off time Hold your head up boys, don't let 'em know you're hurt You won't be paid extra, ' cause you look like a draught horse in the rain Down to the welfare, got a wife & kids to feed How ya goin col? Good mate, yeah me too I wonder which one of us is the best liar.

Sawaddee in the morning... ka...Wisdom, I don't know why your poem really get to me...after reading last night...the words SELF/NOSELF/EMPTY just keep echo in my head....it's true sometimes I do feel so empty

This lovely Thursday is Uposatha Day, and I have Buddha's poem to share with you all. My Buddha's poems are based on Buddha's Verses/Dhammapada stories translated from the Pali by.. Daw Mya Tin, M.A..who I admire very much.

When people abuse you..with words or actionsTry to forget and forgive themRise above all bad things..overcome your angerPut kindness in your heart..live in peace forever

You can't win hatred with hatredYou win hatred with loving-kindnessLove conquers bad things..bad peopleThis is the truth of the nobles

Wise men say only fools quarrel and fightLike they will live foreverIf they realize that we all will die somedayFools will stop fighting or hurting each other

One whoOverjoy sensual pleasures With all the senses unguardedImmoderate in food..lacking energyBeing lazy, no perseverance nor will-powerWill be controlled by Mara, chained to Samsara forever